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This  Convention  assembled  at  Harrisburg,  in  the  Court  House, 
January  4th,  1828,  and  was  organized  by  the  appointment  of  the 
following  officers  : — 

THOMAS  BURNSIDE,  of  Centre  county,  President. 

Samut.l  W  etherill.  of  Philadel phia,  and  Archibald  Bard,  of 
Franklin  county.  Vice  Presidents,  and 

i  Claries  //.  Israel ,  of  Allegheny  county,  and  David  Slnilze ,  of 

.  /Voi-k'ouiur,  Secretaries. 

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The  names  of  the  several  counties  being  called  over,  it  was  ascer¬ 
tained  that  every  county  in  the  State,  but  Lehigh  and  Greene,  had 
elected  Delegates,  and  one  hundred  and  ten  Delegates  answered  to 
their  names. 

On  motion  of  Mr,  Dewees.  ofMontgomery  county,  the  President 
and  Vice  Presidents  were  constituted  a  Committee  to  communicate 
to  the  Governor  of  the  Commonwealth,  the  assurances  of  the  high 
respect  of  this  Convention,  and  their  desire  that  he  would  permit 
i  s  naive  to  be  used  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Vice  President, 
or  ii s  an  Elector  of  President  and  Vice  President. 

On  motion  of  \lr.  Binns,  of  Philadelphia,  it  was 

Resolved,  That  the  Delegates  from  each  congressional  district, 
shall  report  ns  many  names  to  be  placed  on  the  Electoral  Ticket, 
as  they  are  entitled  to  members  of  Congress,'— that  a  committee  of 
nine  be  appointed  to  select  two  persons  >o  be  placed  on  the 
Electoral  Ticket  to  represent  the  Senators — provided,  that  no  name 
shall  be  put  on  the  ticket,  without  being  first  improved  bv  a  major¬ 
ity  of  his  convention.  'Hie  following  persons  were  appointed  the 
Messrs.  Binns  of  Philadelphia,  Watinough  of  Montgocn 
vrv.  Murray,  of  Colunib  a,  Matthiot.  of  Lancaster,  M'Dovve!!,  of 
Mini  in,  Sullivan,  of  Butler,  Chambers,  of  Franklin,  Heaton,  of 
Fayette,  and  Schall,  of  Berks. 

On  motion  of  George  A.  Snyder,  of  Union  county,  a  resolution 
va*  adopted  that  the  Delegates  from  the  several  counties  be  re¬ 
quited  to  report  Committees  Of  Correspondence  for  their  several 

districts. 

On  motion  of  John  Binnc,  of  Philadelphia,  a  committee  of  nine 
were  appointed  to  draft  and  report  to  the  Convention  Resolutions 
and  aii  Address  to  the  People  of  Pennsylvania.  The  committee  ap- 
pointed  were  John  Binns,  of  Philadelphia,  Eli  Kitchen,  of  Bucks, 
Joshua  Dickerson,  ot  YVashiagion,  Win.  Harris,  of  Chester,  Wm. 


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McCandfes,  o£  Allegheny,  George  M.  Hollenback,  of  Luzerne, 
Vtfm.  iNj.cllvaine,  of;  York,  George  Hoffman  of  Lancaster  and  Al¬ 
exander  Dysart  of  Huntingdon. 

The  convention  adjourned  to  meet  at  7  o’clock  in  the  Evening. 

Same  Day ,  7  o'clock,  F.  M. — Convention  met . 

The  President  of  the  Convention,  as  Chairman  of  the  committee 
for  that  purpose  appointed  reported  that  they  had  in  performance 
of  the  duty  imposed  on  them  addressed  to  the  Governor  the  follow¬ 
ing  letter. 


Harrisburg,  January  4,  1828. 

To  his  Excellency,  J.  Andrew  Shulze , 

Governor  of  Pennsylvania. 


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The  subscribers,  appointed  for  the  purpose,  bv  the  Democratic 
Convention  opposed  to  the  election  of  General  Andrew  J ac 
as  President  of  the  United  States,  respectfully  represent,  that 
that  Convention  have  the  most  entire  confidence  in  your  princi¬ 
ples,  and  heartily  approve  of  you r  administration.  Conscious  of 
your  deserved  popularity,  and  desirous,  as  well  as  an  expression  of 
their  own  opinion  as  to  benefit  the  cause  they  advocate  and  the 
country  they  love,  ask  permission  to  use  yorir  name  on  their 
ticket. 

The  general  expression  of  confidence  in  you  which  has  gone 
forth  from  the  friends  of  the  Administration  of  the  general  Gov¬ 
ernment,  in  this  state,  and  in  other  states,  convince  the  Conven¬ 
tion  of  which  we  are  members,  that  no  name  would  be  so  accepta¬ 
ble  as  yours,  as  a  candidate  for  the  Vice  Presidency.  Vfav  we 
hope  that  you  will  permit  us  the  use  of  a  name  which  is  identified 
with  the  cause  of  Internal  Improvement  and  American  Manufac¬ 
tures.  4 

If  circumstances,  to  which  we  are  strangers,  shall  determine  you 
to  withhold  your  n^gne,  as  a  candidate  for  the  Vice  Presidency,  we 
hope  that  you  will  see  no  objection  to  permit  us  to  put  it  at  the 
head  of  our  Electoral  Ticket. 

We  have  the  honor  to  be,  Sir,  with  entire  respect,  your  olK^dieWf 
servants.  A 

TIIOMAS  BURNSIDE, 

SAMUEL  WETHER1LL, 
ARCHIBALD  BARD. 

Committee. 


To  which  the  Governor  was  pleased,  soon  after,  to  return  the  fol¬ 
lowing  answer. 

Harrisburg,  January  4,  1828. 

Gentlemen', 

I  have  the  honor  to  acknowledge  the  receipt  of  your  letter  of 
this  date,  »ud  reply  without  hesitancy  or  reservation.  I  had  long 


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since  determined  upon  the  course  of  conduct,  which,  I  consider, 
it  is  my  duty  to  pursue  in  relation  to  the  pending  Presidential 
election.  Aware,  as  I  am,  of  the  honors,  conferred  bv  the  request 
that  I  would  permit  the  use  of  my  name  for  the  office  of  Vice 
President,  or  as  an  Elector,  I  cannot  be  insensible  to  the  fact,  that 
it  is  the  station  to  which  I  have  had  the  honor  to  be  elevated,  and 
the  hold  which  I  am  supposed  to  have  on  the  good  opinion  of  my 
fellow-citizens,  that  I  am  indebted  for  this  distinction.  Flattered, 
as  I  am  by  it,  I  cannot  but  be  aware  of  the  obligations  it  imposes. 
As  Governor  of  Pennsylvania,  l  feel  it  my  duty,  as  far  as  it  is  in 
mv  power,  to  soothe  and  allay,  rather  than  aggravate,  the  asperities 
which  necessarily  will  appertain  to  the  approaching  Presidential 
Canvass.  This  consideration  greatly  influences  my  judgment, 
when  I  make  known  my  determination  to  decline  allowing  the  us? 
of  my  name  as  a  candidate  for  public  suffrage  at  the  election  in 
November  next. 

To  the  Convention,  of  which  you  are  a  Committee,  I  tender  the 
homage  of  my  high  consideration,  and  request  your  personal  accep¬ 
tance  of  my  good  wishes. 

I  have  the  honor  to  be,  Gentlemen,  your  friend  and  fellowr-ci- 

tizen. 

J.  ANDW.  SHULZE. 

To  the  Hon.  THOMAS  BURNSIDE, 

President . 

Samuel  Wetherill,  and 
Archibald  Bard,  Esquires, 

l  ice  Presidents. 


Mr.  Gormley  of  Allegheny  county,  moved  that  the  letter  of  the 
Committee  and  of  the  Governor  be  inserted  on  the  minutes  and  pub¬ 
lished  as  part  of  the  proceedings  of  this  convention. 

^  Mr.  Binns  of  Phil  a.  reported  that  he  was  instructed,  by  the  coni- 
Qinittee  for  that  purpose  appointed  to  state  it  was  their  unanimous 
opinion  that  the  names  ot  Gabriel  fliester  of  Dauphin  county  and 
John  Reed  of  Washington  county,  should  be  placed  at  the  head  of 
v  the  Electoral  Ticket.  This  report  was  unanimously  adopted. 

V  Mr.  Bums  reported  the  following  Resolutions  and  Address  which 
were  adopted  without  a  dissenting  voice. 

Resolved ,  As  the  opinion  of  this  Convention,  that  the  proceed¬ 
ings  of  the  present  Administration  of  the  general  Government 
have  been  characterized  by  an  earnest  devotion  to  the  republican 
r  principles  and  usages  ot  their  predecessors  ;  by  a  steady  and  wake¬ 
ful  attention  to  the  domestic  interests  and  industry  of  the  Amer¬ 
ican  people  ;  and  by  a  proper  regard  to  the  national  lights  and  dig¬ 
nity  in  their  intercourse  with  foreign  governments. 

Resolved ,  That  the  firmness  and  sagacity  of  the  present  na- 
’V  "tional  Administration,  in  refusing  to  submit  to  the  unjust  anil  vexa- 
tious  orders  in  council  of  the  British  government  in  relation  to  the 
/trade  of  the  West  India  islands,  entitle  them  to  the.  thanks  and 
u  gratitude  of  the  American  people. 

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Resolved,  That  by  encouraging  domestic  Manufactures  and 
prosecuting  the  great  plans  of  Internal  Improvement,  the  sources’ 
of  public  and  private  prosperity  will  be  enlarged,  and  the  union  of 
the  states  will  be  more  effectually  cemented. 

Resolved .  That  in  the  present  happy  and  prosperous  condition  of 
our  beloved  country,  when  all  classes  and  sections  are  under  the 
blessing  of  Divine  Providence,  flourishing  and  contented,  beyond 
example,  it  seems  to  us  that  to  depart  from  the  well  established 
Custom  of  re-electing  a  President  for  the  second  term  of  four 
years,  even  for  the  purpose  of  introducing  a  statesman  of  equal 
abilities  and  character,  would  not  comport  with  the  principles  of  a 
prudent  and  reflecting  people. 

Resolved ,  That  when  we  contemplate  the  character  and  abilities 
of  Geneial  Jackson  : — his  acknowledged  incapacity  for  civil  offices: 
— his  military  temper  and  love  of  arbitrary  dominion  : — his  igno¬ 
rance  of  the  constitution  and  principles  of  our  government  : — his 
repeated  violations  of  the  laws  by  which  the  personal  safety  of  thef 
citizen  is  guaranteed — and  his  indifference,  if  not  hostility,  to  the 
great  Kmerican  System,  upon  which  our  prosperity  depends,  we 
find  additional,  and  most  powerful,  motives  to  oppose  any  cliango 
in  the  executive  at  the  next  Presidential  election. 

Resolved ,  That  with  the  late  lamented  Jefferson,  we  deprecate 
the  nomination  to  the  office  of  President,  of  an  individual,  merely 
on  the  ground  of  his  military  exploits,  as  an  event  of  more  alarming 
import  than  any  thing  which  has  occurred  since  the  Revolution. 

Resolved,  That  the  pure  and  honest  life,  the  plain  republican 
simplicity,  the  various  learning,  and  long  public  experience  of 
John  Quincy  Adams,  both  qualify  and  entitle  him  to  the  continu¬ 
ance  of  the  confidence  of  a  people,  whose  interests  he  has  every 
where  promoted  with  ability  and  zeal. 

Resolved ,  That  we  have  witnessed  with  high  satisfaction  and 
pride,  the  wise  and  patriotic  course  of  the  present  Administration 
of  this  Commonwealth  in  respect  to  the  great  interests  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania,  for  which  they  are  entitled  to  the  gratitude  and  undi¬ 
vided  support  of  the  people. 

Resolved.  That  the  citizens  of  the  different  counties  friendly  to 
the  present  Administration  of  the  general  Goverdment,  be  re¬ 
quested  to  hold  at  an  early  period,  the  usual  township  county  and 
district  meetings,  and  to  nominate  suitable  candidates  for  the  na-  ’ 
fional  and  state  offices  for  support  at  the  ensuing  general  election. 


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TO  THE  PEOPLE  OF  PENNSYLVANIA, 

HAVING  discharged  the  duties  we  were  deputed  toper- 
form,  we  proceed  to  give  to  you.  our  constituents,  and  fellow 
citizens,  some  account  of  the  motives  and  reasons  which  have 
governed  us.  We  frankly  tell  you  at  the  outset  that  our  ob¬ 
ject  is  to  persuade  you  to  adopt  our  opinions  and  to  act  and 
vote  with  us.  Do  not,  therefore,  array  yourselves  against 
what  we  may  fairly  urge.  Listen  to  us  patiently  ;  well  con¬ 
sider  what  we  offer;  and  be  influenced,  by  the  facts  and  argu¬ 
ments,  we  present.  We  have  no  particular  interest  in  the 
question  before  us.  We  have  no  motive  but  of  a  public,  and, 
we  trust,  of  a  patriotic,  character.  We  have  no  interest  other 
than  that  which  appertains  to  us  as  citizens,  w  ho  love  their 
country  and  are  proud  of  her  political  institutions  :  w  ho  pride 
themselves  in  the  enjoyment  of  the  abundant  blessings  of  reli¬ 
gious,  civil  and  political  liberty,  and  are  truly  and  sincerely 
anxious  to  preserve  to  themselves  and  for  their  children,  the 
ricli  inheritance  which  has  descended  to  them  as  fruits  of  the 
valor  and  patriotism  of  the  founders  of  the  republic. 

Our  principal  business  was  the  formation  of  an  Electoral 
Ticket  friendly  to  the  re-election  of  the  present  President  of 
the  United  States.  That  duty  is  performed,  and  the  names 
selected  are  submitted,  in  the  confident  hope  and  firm  belief, 
that  they  will  secure  a  majority  of  the  votes  of  the  people  of 
Pennsylvania.  The  names  on  the  ticket  are  those  of  men 
generally  known  to  you  as  of  sound  principles,  as  faithful 
public  agents  and  as  worthy  members  of  society.  We  invite 
you  to  compare  their  characters,  and  their  public  services 
with  those  of  any  other  ticket  which  may  be  presented  for 
your  suffrages.  Name  by  name,  we  fear  no  competition  ;  as 
to  public  and  private  w  orth  we  shrink  from  no  comparison. 
To  such  men  your  suffrages  may  be  safely  entrusted.  They 
have  most  of  them  had  good  opportunities  to  ascertain  who 
arc  the  ablest  statesmen,  the  most  capable  and  tiie  most  ex-, 


pev  cured  ;  whose  principles  are  the  soundest:  whose  policy 
is  toe  best.  They  all,  as  with  one  voice,  unite  in  favor  of 
John  Quincy  Adams  : — for  them,  therefore,  as  your  agents, 
we  ask  your  suffrages  that  they  may  bestow  the  vote  of  Penn¬ 
sylvania  on  him  who  sedulously  pursues,  with  unhesitating 
and  unabating  zeal,  that  system  w  hich  has  long  been  the  fa¬ 
vorite  policy  of  Pennsylvania,  and  which  basso  won  the  af¬ 
fections,  and  advanced  the  interests,  of  our  fellowr  citizens, 
that  it  is  now  truly,  and  emphatically,  known  as  the  Ameri¬ 
can  System. 


t  For  the  Presidency  there  are  two  candidates;  John  Quincy 
Adams  and  Andrew  Jackson.  It  is  not  probable  that  any 
other  candidate  will  be  offered.  One  or  other  of  these  gen¬ 
tlemen  is  destined  to  be  declared  President  of  the  United 
States  on  the  4th  of  March  1829.  Our  election  for  electors 
wiii  take  place  next  November.  Two  tickets  will  be  sub¬ 
mitted.  One  in  favour  of  Mr,  Adams  and  the  other  of  Gen¬ 
era]  Jackson.  For  one,  or  the  other,  of  those  tickets  it  is 
Tour  duty  to  vote  and,  we  pray  you,  do  your  duty.  W  hen 
such  a  question  as  the  present  is  pending,  and  when  the  choice 
may  be  determined  by  a  single  vote,  it  is  the  plain  republican 
obligation  of  every  citizen  to  go  to  the  polls.  Examine  the 
question  well;  there  is  time  enough  deliberately  to  make  up 
your  minds,  hut  when  you  have  determined,  exercise  thb  right 
of  suffrage  in  favor  of*  him  whom  you  prefer.  In  this  state- 
all  have  a  right  to  vote:  we  have  no  privileges  for  “  freehold¬ 
ers,”  as  was,  on  motion  of  General  Jackson,  incorporated 
into  the  constitution  of  Tennessee. 

The  lives  of  Mr,  Adams  and  General  Jackson  are  before 
the  public  :  and,  we  will  not,  to  use  the  language  of  the  Gov¬ 
ernor  of  Pennsylvania,  wastefullv  diminish  the  stock  of 
our  national  reputation  by  detracting  from  the  distinguished 
individual  reputations  of  which  it  is  composed.”  Vfe  there¬ 
fore  pass  over  the  many,  and  deep  offences,  and  powerful  ob¬ 
jections,  which  are  urged  against  General  Jackson,  as  reas¬ 
ons  why  he  never  should  have  been  proposed  as  chief  Mag¬ 
istrate.  We  could  have  wished,  for  his  own  fame’s  sake,  that 
injudicious  friends  and  interested  office  seekers  had  never 
given  birth  to  that  strict  inquiry  which  has  been  instituted 
into  the  conduct  and  character. of  General  Jackson:  an  inqui¬ 
ry  which  has  caused  the  .novel  and  extraordinary  occurence 
of  the  appointment  of  a  committee  of  thirty-eight,  whose  duty 


it  is  made  to  defend  him  from  the  various  charges  adduced  a- 
gainst  him.  If  lie  had  not  become  a  candidate  the  world  would 
have  remained  ignorant  of  some  of  the  most  flagrant  acts  of  dis¬ 
obedience  of  positive  orders,  in  a  military  officer, — the  most 


faring  violations  of  our  constitutions  ami  laws  and  state 
sovereignties,  and  the  most  signal  triumphs  of  the  military, 
over  the  civil,  authority,  which  have  ever  blurred  the  page  of 
our  history — the  cruel  wanton  and  illegal  putting  to  death  of 
the  six  Militiamen: — the  outrageous  attack  upon  the  Ben¬ 
tons; — the  shooting  of  Dickinson, — the  contemplated  viola¬ 
tion  of  the  sanctuary  of  the  senate  averted  bv  our  gallant  De- 
catur — the  recorder  protest  against  the  principles  and  policy 
of  Washington: — these  and  a  multitude  of  other  offences  would 
have  remained  in  oblivion,  shrouded  in  darkness  instead  of  be¬ 
ing  freshly  called  up  to  dim  the  renown  of  one  of  the  boldest 
and  bravest  of  our  country's  warriors.  We  would  that  the  sun 
of  glory  which  shone  brilliantly  around  him  on  the  plains  of 
New  Orleans,  should  have  been  permitted  to  have  set  in  its 
fullest  splendour  and  not  to  go  down,  amidst  dark  and  crim¬ 
son  clouds.  Anxiously  and  earnestly  as  we  deprecate  the  ele¬ 
vation  of  General  Jackson  to  the  Presidency,  yet  no  language, 
on  the  part  of  his  followers,  no  fears  for  our  country,  shall 
tempt  us,  to  say  more  to  his  disparagement  than  a  feeling 
sense  of  duty  may  impose;  even  in  remonstrance  our  lan¬ 
guage  shall  be  as  mild  and  respectful  as  truth,  and  the  occa¬ 
sion  will  permit.  ri  hose  who  desire  to  read  of  the  vices  and 
crimes  imputed  to  him  must  turn  to  other  commentators  than 
us  We  would  defeat  his  election,  but  still  would  gladly  hail 
him  as  one  who  has  done  the  state  much  service  in  the  field. 
The  objections  we  would  chiefly  urge  are  not  so  much  the 
deeds  lie  lias  done;  the  infirmities  of  his  temper:  or  the  vio¬ 
lence  of  his  passions;  but  his  want  of  qualifications,  his  to¬ 
tal  unfitness  for  the  station,  to  which  he  aspires,  and  the  un¬ 
principled  Opposition  into  whose  arms  he  must,  of  necessity, 
throw  himself  for  support  We  would  cling  to  that  which  w  e 
know  to  he  safe,  profitable  and  honourable,  but  wc  shrink  at 
the  thought  of  casting  the  glorious  destinies  of  our  country 
headlong  over  a  precipice  beneath  which  all  is  gloom  and 
darkness.  • 

No  man,  of  judgment  and  character  however  bitter  and 
vehement  his  oppo  ition,  has  had  the  hardihood  to  deny  that 
Mr.  Adams  is  highly  gifted,  has  the  necessary  acquire¬ 
ments,  and  is  eminently  qualified,  to  discharge  the  arduous 
duties  w  hich  appertain  to  the  office  of  President  of  the  United 
Slates.  For  thirty  years  he  has  been  employed  in  the  public 
service,  by  General  Washington  and  his  successors,  in  civil 
stations,  of  such  a  nature  as  were  best  calculated  to  make 
him  intimately  acquainted  with  the  institutions,  the  political 
relations,  and  the  commercial  interests,  of  his  country — 
His  sphere  of  action  has  ever  been  in  the  cabinet  he  has 
never  sought  military  distinctions.  His  object  lias  been  the 


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preservation  of  peace,  and  the  advancement  of  the  prosper¬ 
ity  of*  the  nation.  In  the  discharge  of  such  duties,  he  la¬ 
bours  with  an  intensity  and  assiduity  unsurpassed.  He 
makes  no  pretension  to  military  knowledge  or  experience, 
and  does  not  aspire  after  the  distinctions  for  which  such 
knowledge  and  experience  would  qualify  him.  It  is  not 
known  that,  on  any  occasion,  he  has  violated  the  laws,  dis¬ 
regarded  the  provisions  of  the  constitution,  or  shed  the  blood 
of  his  fellow-citizens.  As  a  citizen,  a  man  and  a  public 
functionary,  his  life  has  been  exemplary. 

No  man  of  judgment  and  character,  however  slavish  his 
devotion,  to  General  Jackson.  has  undertaken  to  attempt 
to  shew  that  he  has  that  disciplined  mind,  those  indispensa¬ 
ble  acquirements  and  qualifications  Which  have  heretofore 
distinguished,  and  which  the  peace  and  happiness  of  the 
country  require,  should  continue  to  distinguish — the  chief 
Magistrate  of  these  United  States.  The  only  man  who  ever 
approached  such  a  task  was  his  friend  and  biographer,  and 
he  was,  however  unwillingly,  obliged  to  admit,  that  from  a 
sense  of  his  own  unfitness  and  want  of  capacity,  General 
Jackson,  had  resigned  every  civil  office  he  ever  held.  His 
sphere  of’ action  is  the  field  of  battle.  It  is  only  in  such 
scenes  he  can  be  useful  to  his  country  or  sqen  to  advantage. 
If  we  wanted  a  military  commander  he  would  have  claims 
and  qualifications.  As  a  civil  Magistrate,  his  whole  life 
proves  he  has  none.  Either  from  ignorance  or  tempera¬ 
ment,  he  has,  on  various  occasions,  violated  the  most  sacred 
laws  and  the  constitution  of  his  country,  imbrued  his  hands 
in  the  blood  of  his  fellow  citizens,  and  ordered  to  a  public 
death  those  who  had  bravely  devoted  themselves  to  the  de¬ 
fence  of  their  country  and  to  whom  he  ought  to  have  been  a 
protector. 

An  attempt  is  made  to  induce  a  belief  that  general  Jackson 
is  the  Democratic  candidate  ;  the  object  of  this  attempt  is 
palpable.  From  this  groundless  assumption,  we  appeal,  not 
to  your  prejudices  or  your  passions,  but  to  facts  and  argu¬ 
ments,  the  truth  and  force  of  which  you  are  as  able  to  test  as 
we  are  who.  submit  them. 

If  this  assumption  were  well  founded  this  convention  would 
never  have  assembled,  a  large  portion  of  its  members  are 
known  to  the  people  of  Pennsylvania,  as  men  who  have  al¬ 
ways  been  contending  for  the  principles  and  the  men,  of  the 
democratic  party.  It  is  because  they  feel  persuaded  that 
these  men,  and  these  principles,  would  be  endangered,  by  the 
election  of  general  Jackson,  that  they  have  consented  to  leave 
their  businesses,  and  as  representatives  of  the  opinions  of 


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their  neighbours  and  friends,  to  assemble  together  and  so¬ 
lemnly  appeal  to  their  fellow  citizens,  against  the  elevation 
to  the  chief  MAGISTRACY  of  a  man  whose  claim  is  wholly 
military  and  the  attempt  to  elevate  whom  induced  the  vener¬ 
able  Patriarch  of  Democracy.  Thomas  Jefferson,  ‘‘more  to 
doubt  of  the  stability  of  our  republican  institutions  than  any 
event  which  had  occurred  since  the  revolution.” 

You  know  fellow  citizens  that  the  most  violent  fede¬ 
ralists,  and  federal  newspapers,  in  this  state,  and  in  the 
United  States,  are  among  the  most  ardent  advocates  of  the 
election  of  General  Jackson.  It  is  right  it  should  be  so. 
July  4th  1827,  an  oration  was  delivered  at  Nashville, 
by  Andrew  Hay,  Esq.  before  general  Jackson,  and  a  large 
assembly  of  his  friends.  This  oration  was  by  their  re¬ 
quest,  published,  and  in  it,  among  other  things  of  a  similar 
nature,  in  reference  to  the  pending  Presidential  election  it  is 
said  44  the  high  minded  federalists,  of  the  Hamilton  School, 
will  not  he  against  us ”  To  the  people  of  Pennsylvania  it  is 
not  necessary  to  say  “the  high  minded  federalists,  of  the  Ham¬ 
ilton  School  are  Timothy  Pickering,  James  Ross  and  other 
Jackson  m<jn,  whose  principles  of  government  approximate 
more  nearly  to  anarchy  than  those  of  any  other  body  of  men 
known  in  the  United  States.  These  are  the  Politicians  most 
confidently  relied  upon  to  elevate  general  Jackson  ;  yet  there 
are  men  in  Pennsylvania,  who  do  not  scruple  to  talk  of  him 
as  a  democrat  and  as  the  democratic  candidate.  Those  who 
desire  what  they  call  a  strong  government :  those  who  would 
exterminate  party,  and  in  its  place  establish  the  will  of  an 
individual  :  those  who  would  give  privileges  to  the  rich  and 
withhold  rights  from  the  poor  :  these  are  among  the  most 
clamorous  advocates  for  the  election  of  general  Jackson;  who, 
to  do  him  justice,  leaves  nothing  undone  to  attain  the  object 
of  his  ambition. 

It  is  not  necessary  to  go  back,  for  the  purpose  of  exhibit¬ 
ing  general  Jackson’s  aristocratic  votes  in  the  forma¬ 
tion  of  the  constitution  of  Tennessee.  These  are  facts  of 
record  on  the  journals  of  the  convention  of  that  state.  We 
ask  attention  however,  to  other  evidences  of  a  more  recent 
date,  to  the  last  positive  declarations  on  this  subject  which 
we  have  from  the  pen,  of  general  Jackson  himself.  In  his 
letters  to  Mr.  Monroe,  in  1816-17  :  General  Jackson  thus 
lays  down  his  political  doctrines,  and  thus  gives  his  advice 
to  the  President  elect.  “Everything  depends  upon  the  se¬ 
lection  of  your  ministry ,  in  every  selection  party  feelings 
should  he  avoided.  Now  is  the  time  to  EXTERMINATE 
that  MONSTER  PARTY  SPIRIT.  The  chief  Magis¬ 
trate,  of  a  great  and  powerful  nation,  should  never  indulge 
in  party  feeling  sy  Consult  so  party  in  your  choice.” 


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These  are  the  words,  am1  in  the  order  in  which  they  stand 

c/ 

in  the  letters  addressed  by  Genera]  Jackson  to  Mr  Monroe, 
and  published  in  1823  under  the  authority  and  revision  of 
his  friend  and  biographer,  Major  Eaton. 

Every  political  party  is  presumed  to  be  founded  on,  and 
governed  by  certain  principles,  on  the  security  of  which  they 
ask  public  confidence.  Parties  are  governed  by  Principles , 
Factions  by  Men.  The  Democratic  party  has  at  all  times 
professed  to  believe  that  its  governing  principles  were  those 
which,  if  acted  upon,  were  best  adapted  to  preserve  the 
rights  and  ensure  the  happiness  of  the  people  ;  and  the  Free¬ 
dom,  Sovereignty  and  Independence  of  the  country ;  and, 
consequently,  that  the  men  who  entertained  its  principles 
are  those  best  calculate  to  hold  station  and  office  and  exer¬ 
cise  the  functions  of  government  in  consonance  with  the 
constitution  Acting  upon  this  belief  they  have  zealously 
contended,  in  favor  of  the  deflation  of  men.  of  their  own  par¬ 
ty,  to  fill  the  highest  offices  of  the  government,  and  they  have 
uniformly  expected,  from  the  members  of  their  party,  w  hen 
elevated,  as  Presidents,  or  Governors,  that  in  their  selec¬ 
tions  for  office,  they  w  ould  select  men  of  the  same  party  w  ith 
themselves.  Such  have  at  all  times  been  the  avowed  princi¬ 
ples  of  the  Democratic  party,  and  upon  those  principles  the 
most  distinguished  and  popular  men  of  that  party  have  al¬ 
ways  acted. 

Is  it  not  then  as  clear  as  light  that  the  doctrines  laid 
down  by  General  Jackson,  in  the  extracts  we  have  given,  is 
not  the  doctrine  either  professed,  or  acted  upon,  bytlie  Dem¬ 
ocratic  party  ?  General  Jackson,  in  the  most  express  and4 
positive  terms,  disclaims  and  denounces  Party  as  a  Monster , 
which  ought  to  be  exterminated.  IIow  then  can  he  be  a  parly 
candidate  ?  As  the  Democratic  party  was,  at  the  time  he 
wrote,  and  for  a  long  time  before  had  been:  the  dominant 
party  ;  and  as  it  was  a  member  of  the  Federal  party  whom 
General  Jackson  was  labouring  to  have  taken  into  the 
“ministry”  of  President  Monroe,  it  was  the  Democratic 
party  which  Gen.  Jackson  hoped  w  ould  not  be  consulted  or 
its  feelings  indulged  :  it  w  as  the  party  which  he  desired  to 
have  exterminated.  Would  it  not  then  be  most  unnatural  for 
that  party  to  select  him  as  its  candidate  ?  To  wish  to  ele¬ 
vate  to  the  highest  authority,  the  very  man  who  had  insidi¬ 
ously  made  war  upon  it — even  a  w  ar  of  extermination.  Par¬ 
ties,  like  individuals,  may  commit  suicide ;  we,  however,  rely 
with  entire  confidence  on  the  intelligence  and  virtue  of  the 
Democratic  party  of  Pennsylvania,  to  save  it  from  the  guilt 
of  so  foul  a  crime. 


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It  is  a  necessary  and  important  inquiry,  fellow  citizens,  10 
ascertain  what  we  are  to  have  in  the  room  of  Partv  ?  What, 
in  its  place  is  to  be  the  passport  to  office  ?  What,  to  its  ex¬ 
clusion,  is  to  bethe  test  to  prove  men  qualified  for  official  sta¬ 
tions  ?  This  criterion  we  are  left  to  infer,  and  we  may  safely 
infer  it  from  the  conduct  and  character  of  General  Jackson, 
as  well  as  of  those  who  act  as  leaders  of  his  party.  It  is  to 
be.  DEVOTION  TO  AX  INDIVIDUAL  !!! 

So  early  as  the  year  1823,  in  “  an  address  to  the  people  of 
46 Pennsylvania ,  by  the  Jackson  committee  of  correspondence 
“  for  the  city  and  county  of  Philadelphia,”  and  signed  by 
eleven  distinguished  Jackson  names,  we  find  the  following 
passage.  “  The  supporters  of  the  Hero  of  Orleans,  hold 

4i  FIDELITY  TO  HIM,  UNDER  ALL  CIRCUMSTANCES,  AS  PARA- 

46  mount  to  every  other  consideration;  because  they 
“identify  their  adherence  to  him  with  the  love  of  liberty 
“  and  their  devotion  to  their  country.  TO  HIM  they  have 
44  plighted  their  faith  ;  to  HIM  will  they  remain  true , 

This  convention  do  not  feel  called  upon  to  descant  upon 
language  so  plainly  and  powerfully  indicative  of  the  worship 
of,  and  devotion  to,  an  individual.  They  may.  however,  be 
permitted  to  remark,  that  such  was  the  language  held  by  the 
Romans  to  Julius  Csesar,  when  his  horse’s  hoofs  were  wet 
with  the  blood  of  his  fellow  citizens.  Such  was  the  language 
of  Englishmen  to  Oliver  Cromwell,  and  of  Frenchmen  to  Na¬ 
poleon  Bonaparte  !  What  was  the  consequence  of  such  abject 
flattery  to  militarv  officers  ?  You  all  know  fellow  citizens,  it 
stains  the  page  of  History  ;  it  was  the  enslavement  of  their 
country  ?  Do  we  vainly  hope  to  be  exempted,  under  the  same 
circumstances,  from  the  fate  of  other  men  and  other  nations  ? 

If  party  is  to  have  no  influence  with  General  Jackson  in 
his  selections  for  office,  what  remains  but  personal  predilec¬ 
tions  ?  How  are  personal  favors  to  be  obtained  !  How  but  by 
44  holding  fidelity  to  him  under  all  circumstances,”  as  the 
first  of  duties  ;  “as  paramount  to  every  other  consideration.” 
The  manifestation  of  these  slavish  principles  are  painfully 
obtrusive  throughout  our  .state  and  Union.  The  robes  of 
Democracy  and  Federalism  are  laid  aside  and  the  followers 
of  the  Military  candidate,  every  where  muster  together  and 
come  forth  as  “  Jackson  men.”  These  are  novel  and  danger¬ 
ous  signs  of  the  times  and  imperatively  call  upon  us  to  be 
vigilant  to  preserve  from  pollution  the  sacred  charters  of  our 
country. 

Shall  we  examine,  yet  further,  where  the  doctrine  of  per¬ 
sonal  devotion  will  carry  us,  at  the  cxpence  of  principle  ?' 
July  4th  1827  an  oration  was  delivered,  atYauxhail  Garden, 


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'Philadelphia  before  the  democratic  friends  of  Gen.  Jack  soil* 
by  an  orator  of  their  own  selection.  On  that  occasion,  it 
was  proclaimed,  that  the  reins  of  government  belonged,  of 
-right,  to  them;  that  federalists  were  to  be  seen  “with  vleas- 
■urc,  any  wh^re*  except  in  power.”  “I  would  say  to  them.” 
said  the  Jackson  orator  of  the  day,  “as  a  political  party, 
excuse  us,  your  day  has  passed,  ours  has  arrived:  yours  was 
the  reign  of  terror.”  Here,  fellow  citizens  in  the  month  of 
July  1827.  the  whole  federal  party,  without  an  exception, 
was  denounced,  and  told  to  stand  aside  as  unworthy  of  any 
office.  .Mark  the  practical  illustration  of  this  general  pro¬ 
scription;  not-  as  you  will  find,  so  much  however  of  any  par¬ 
ty.  as  of  anti- Jackson  men;  of  all,  who  will  not  fall  down  ami 
worship  the  Image  they  have  setup. 

In  September,  of  the  same  year,  three  months  after  the 
above  sentiments  had  been  hailed  with  loud  cheers,  these 
same  Jackson  men  selected  for  their  candidate  for  Congress, 


one  of  those  they  had  just  before  denounced,  a  federalist  “of 
the  reign  of  terror  ,”  and  they  called  him  the  “Jackson  peo¬ 
ple’s  candidate.”  For  this  conduct  they  were  thus  strangely 
complimented,  in  a  Jackson  Federal  Gazette  of  the  day: 
“they.”  the  Jackson  Democrats,  “ have  offered  up  ALL  their 
old  professions  on  their  country's  altar,  in  nominating  a  fed¬ 
eralist  for  their  representative  in  the  national  Legislature. 
What  greater  sacrifice  could  they  make  of  old  party  feel¬ 
ings  than  to  nominate  ax  old  party  oppoxext  for  the 
highest  office  in  the  gift  of  the  citzens  of  Philadelphia?  They, 
the  Jackson  men,  do  not  require  him  to  desert  his  old  name ; 
or  to  desert  his  old  friends ;  [devotion  to  the  cause  of  Gen.  Jack- 
son  is  all  they  require]  and  yet  they  come  forward  in  a  bodyt 
and  nominate  him  and  will  most  cordially  support  him.” 

Such  fellow  citizens  are  the  remarkable  inconsistencies 
into  which  men  are  inevitably  betrayed  when  they  desert  the 
standard  of  principle,  and  rally  under  that  of  an  individual. 
It  would  ill  become  us  to  point  to  what  has  been  the  conse¬ 
quences,  to  other  countries,  where  the  chief  Magistrate  knew 
no  rule,  by  which,  to  select  his  officers,  but  that  of  personal 
devotion.  Turn  to  the  page  of  history  and  ponder  on  what 
has  befallen  all  countries,  and  all  people,  who  have  so  far 
forgotten  their  own  dignity  and  rights  as  to  permit  the  civil 
authority  to  vest  in  a  Military  Chieftain,  whose  ambition  led 
him  eagerly  to  seek  after  the  station  he  at  length  attained. 
How  ardently,  how  untiringly,  Gen.  Jackson  has  elec¬ 
tioneered  for  the  Presidency  of  the  United  States  since  the 
djiy  after  he  complimented  the  present  chief  Magistrate  on 
his  election,  is  in  the  knowiedge  of  every  citizen  who  peruses 
the  newspapers — and  who  does  not? 


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It  is  objected  against  Mr.  Adams,  that  his  father  was  Pre¬ 
sident  of  the  United  States,  and  that  during  his  Presidency, 
laws  of  a  most  objectionable  character  were  passed,  and  that 
the  people  ejected  him  from  office.  This  is  true,  and  among  the 
signers  to  this  address  are  many  who  were  active  in  opposi¬ 
tion  to  the  re-election  of  the  elder  Adams  ;  many  who  would 
not,  now,  shrink  from  the  toil  of  an  active  political  campaign, 
against  the  re-election  of  the  son,  if  the  same  objections  now 
lay  against  him,  as  formerly  lay  against  his  father.  But  is 
i  it  so,  fellow  citizens?  Are  such  objections  in  existence?  We 
answer  for  you;  and  without  the  fear  of  contradiction,  an¬ 
swer.  No!  It  is  in  vain  we  look  over  the  statute  book  for 
Alien  and  Sedition  laws!  They  have  no  existence.  Eight 
per  cent,  loans  arc  not  now  required  ;  money  enough  can  be 
had  for  five  per  cent,  but  we  do  not  want  to  borrow  ;  we  are 
fast  paying  off  the  little  we  owe,  and  a  few  years  perse¬ 
verance  in  our  present  policy,  will  leave  us  without  any  na¬ 
tional  debt.  A  national  debt  is  no  longer  regarded  as  a  na- 
V  tional  blessing  ;  under  a  system  of  strict  economy,  we  hope 
soon  to  see  the  debt  extinguished,  and,  without  any  direct 
tax,  to  have  a  large  surplus  of  revenue  from  the  national  cof¬ 
fers  to  appropriate  to  Internal  State  Improvements.  We 
know  nothing  of  a  reign  of  terror  :  every  man  sits  down  un¬ 
der  his  own  vine,  and  his  own  lig  tree  and  there  is  none  to 
make  him  afraid. 

The  present  President  of  the  United  S  tates  did  not  rise  to 
authority  on  the  talents  and  public  services,  great-  as  they 
were,  of  his  father.  No!  he  was  elevated  on  account  of  his 
own  personal  talents  and  public  services  ;  and  they  must 
have  been  pre-eminently  great  to  have  borne  him  up  against 
the  Hood  of  prejudice  which  obstructed  his  march  to  public 
confidence.  He  has  never  sought  popularity  through  any 
other  than  its  most  legitimate  channels* — his  habits  are  studi¬ 
ous  :  his  time  devoted  to  business  and  his  manners  reserved. 
Matchless  must  have  been  the  public  services,  unrivalled  the 
talents,  peerless  and  incomparable  the  devotion  to  the  public- 
weal,  of  him,  whose  virtues  could  so  far  have  won  the  public 
esteem,  and  the  public  voice,  as  to  have  been  by  them  sustained 
and  borne  up  against  such  mountains  of  obstructions.  Shall 
so  talented,  so  virtuous,  so  patriotic  a  man,  who  has  thus 
triumphed,  he  cast  down  without  a  cause  and  against  all  pre¬ 
cedent  and  principle?  We  unhesitatingly  and  confidently  an¬ 
swer,  he  shall  not.  That  public  conviction  of  his  worth, 
which,  against  powerful  prejudices,  has  elevated  him  to  the 
chief  Magistracy,  will  sustain  him  there,  the  period  which 

B 


10 


lias  been  consecrated  by  a  Washington,  a  Jefferson,  a  Madi¬ 
son.  and  a  Monroe;  all  of  whom  have  borne  ample  testimony 
to  the  qualifications,  principles  and  patriotism  of  John  Quin¬ 
cy  Adams. 

Every  citizen  knows  the  principles  and  policy  of  the  pres¬ 
ent  administration;  but,  who  knows  what  would  be  the  prin¬ 
ciples  and  the  policy  of  an  administration  selected  by  General 
Jackson  on  the  doctrines  laid  down  in  his  letter  to  Mr.  Mon¬ 
roe  ?  Th:  re  are,  however,  certain  cardinal  points  of  policy, 
in  which  Pennsylvania  is  most  deeply  interested,  on  which 
we  have  had  indications  which  speak  in  a  voice  not  to  be  mis¬ 
taken,  as  to  what  would  be  the  course  of  policy  of  an  adminis¬ 
tration  made  up  of  what  are  called  Jackson  men.  We  have 
their  votes  of  record,  and  from  the  record,  we  can  judge. 
W  e  will  take  their  latest  votes  and  on  the  subject  of  all  oth¬ 
ers  most  deeply  and  most  generally  affecting  the  interests  of 
Pennsylvania.  We  take  the  proceedings  in  the  last  session 
in  the  more  numerous  branch  of  the  national  legislature  on 
the  bill  designed  to  increase  the  protection  on  the  growth  and 
manufacture  of  wool .  There  are  twenty-four  states  in  the 
Union:  wool  is  the  product  of  eighteen  states.  Three  fourths 
of  all  the  States,  including  the  largest,  in  the  Union,  were 
interested  in  the  Bill.  The  protection  it  proposed  was  far 
less  than  is  afforded  to  sugar,  which  is  grown  in  but  two  states; 
or  to  cotton ,  which  is  grown  but  in  seven  states.  It  passed 
the  House  of  Representatives  by  a  vote  of  one  hundred  and 
six  ayes  to  ninety-five  noes.  Let  us  analize  this  vote  to  as¬ 
certain  who  were  the  friends  and  who  were  the  enemies  of 
this  important  bill.  Of  the  one  hundred  and  six  ayes,  ninety- 
six  were  friendly  to  the  administration.  Of  the  ninety-five 
noes,  eighty-five  were  opposition  or  Jackson  men.  From  the 
state  of  New- York  there  were  five  noes — all  opposition  lists. 
From  Pennsylvania  there  were  seven  noes,  all  Jacksonmen. 
From  Delaware  one  no,  a  Jackson  man.  From  Maryland 
four  noes,  all  of  them  Jackson  men.  From  Ohio  one  no,  a 
Jackson  man.  From  Kentucky  seven  noes,  four  of  them 
Jackson  men.  From  Indiana  two  noes,  both  Jackson 
men. 

The  states  of  Virginia  (with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Johnson 
an  administration  man)  South  Carolina,  North  Carolina, 
Georgia,  Louisiana,  Mississippi,  Tennessee  arid  Alabama, 
nearly  all  Jackson  states  were  unanimous  in  opposition  to 
the  bill.  The  states  of  Massachusetts  (with  the  exception  of 
Mr.  Baylies,  a  Jackson  man)  Vermont,  New-Hampshirc, 
Rhode  hsland,  Connecticut,  New  Jersey  and  Missouri,  all 
administration  States,  were  unanimous  in  support  of  the  bill. 


11 

The  Jackson  men  from  the  middle  states,  who  had  two 
years  before,  voted  for  heavy  duties  on  cotton  and  sugar,  pro¬ 
ducts  of  the  south,  now  refused  to  vote  for  lighter  duties  on 
wool,  the  produce  of  the  farms  of  their  own  constituents.  The 
Tennesseans,  who  voted  for  the  Tariff  on  cottons  and  sugars 
two  years  ago  now  voted  against  the  tariff  on  wool. 

It  has  been  proclaimed  by  one  of  the  Jackson  leaders  in 
congress  that  “  Gen.  Jackson  is  a  southern  man,  with  south¬ 
ern  feelings  and  southern  interests  V9  How  far  these  feelings 
and  interests  influenced  the  vote  on  the  woollens  hill  may  easi¬ 
ly  he  ascertained,  by  a  slight  examination  of  the  above  anal¬ 
ysis.  IIow  powerfully,  how  preponderatingly,  they  would 
influence  the  destinies  of  the  Union,  if  unfortunately  Gen. 
Jackson  should  become  President  of  the  United  States,  may, 
from  the  above  facts,  be  easily  and  certainly  inferred.  W  e 
flatter  ourselves  that  Pennsylvania  will  study  her  own  inter¬ 
ests  and  promote  her  own  prosperity  by  averting  so  heavy  a 
calamity  as  a  change  in  the  policy  of  the  nation  would  bring 
upon  her. 

In  connection  with  the  policy  perscveringly  fostered  under 
the  care  of  the  present  wise  and  patriotic  administration  of  the 
General  Government,  it  may  not  be  unappropriate  to  invite 
your  attention  to  the  excellent  management  of  the  finances  of 
the  nation.  There  can  be  no  better  evidence  of  the  fidelity  of 
public  agents,  than  the  judicious  management  of  the  treasure 
committed  to  their  care,  so  as  to  avoid  taxation  and  pay  off 
the  public  debt. 

From  the  4th  of  March,  1325,  the  date  of  the  President’s 
inauguration  to  the  1st  January,  1828,  a  period  of  two  years 
and  ten  months,  there  lias  been  paid,  of  the  debt  of  the  nation, 
a  sum  exceeding  sixteen  and  a  quarter  millions  of  dollars,  so 
that  there  now  only  remains  a  public  debt  of  not  quite  sixty 
nine  millions  of  dollars,  and  there  is  a  reduction  of  the  an¬ 
nual  interest  to  be  paid,  of  about  one  million  of  dollars. 

Nor  in  the  same  period  has  the  administration  neglected 
any  measure  which  might  tend  still  further  to  improve  the 
condition  of  the  finances  and  lessen  the  weight  of  the  public 
burdens.  In  some  of  their  efforts  we  arc  sorry  to  say,  they 
have  been  thwarted  by  the  opposition  in  congress,  to  the  great 
injury  of  the  nation,  for  no  other  reason,  that  we  have  been 
able  to  discern,  than  the  fear  that  a  wise  and  economical 
measure,  adopted  upon  the  suggestion  of  the  head  of  the 
Treasury  Department,  and  redounding  to  the  benefit  of  the 
People,  might  do  the  administrators  of  the  government  some 
credit,  and  thus  interfere  with  the  schemes  of  a  4 ‘combina¬ 
tion,”  determined  to  destroy  them,  44  though  they  should  be 
as  pure  as  the  angels  which  surround  the  throne  of  God!” 


is 

On  the-  22d  of  December,  1825,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasu¬ 
ry  proposed,  in  his  report,  to  borrow  nine  millions  of  dollars 
at  an  interest  of  five  per  cent,  and  w  ith  the  money  so  borrow¬ 
ed,  to  gay  off  a  debt  of  equal  amount,  bearing  an  interest  of 
six  per  cent.  Had  the  sum  been  thus  borrowed,  and  there 
is  no  reason  to  doubt  that  it  might  have  been,  there  would 
have  been  a  saving  of  two  hundred  and  seventy  thousand 
dollars  to  the  Public.  But  the  committee  of  ways  and  means, 
with  a  Jackson  chairman,  rejected  the  proposition,  and  we 
go  on  paying  six  per  cent,  per  annum,  upon  the  debt  not 
redeemed. 

Again,  in  the  annual  report  of  December  1826.  the  secre¬ 
tary  recommended  a  similar  operation  for  the  debt  of  sixteen 
millions,  then  become  redeemable,  which  would  have  produ¬ 
ced  a  saving,  in  interest,  of  three  hundred  and  twenty 
thousand  dollars  to  the  public.  This  too  w  as  rejected;  and 
what  makes  it  the  more  striking  is,  that  the  rejection,  in  both 
instances  took  place  at  a  period  when,  from  the  abundance 
of  money,  and  the  want  of  employment  for  it,  the  rate  of  in¬ 
terest  was  undergoing  a  reduction,  in  private  concerns,  and 
precisely  the  same  sort  of  exchange  w  as  taking  place,  between 
individuals,  w  hich  the  secretary  recommended  for  the  public; 
that  is  to  say.  ol‘  5  per  cent  interest  for  6  per  cent  interest. 
He  discovered  in  this  a  wise  and  patriotic  disposition  to  ad¬ 
minister  the  money  concerns  of  the  government,  as  a  prudent 
man  w  ould  manage  his  own,  preserving  his  faith,  but  not 
paying  more  than  was  necessary.  While  these  facts,  taken 
from  the  official  documents,  demonstrate  the  watchful  fidelity 
of  those  w  ho  are  in  authority,  they  equally,  clearly  prove  that 
factious  disregard  to  the  public  interest  w  hich  characterizes 
the  opposition  in  Congress. 

The  same  sound  principles  which  safely  and  honorably 
guide  and  govern  men  in  their  private  conduct,  and  in  the 
management  of  their  personal  concerns  will  be  found  equally 
excellent  and  available  to  direct  them  in  their  public  con¬ 
duct  and  influence  their  public  servants.  Strict  economy  and 
the  employment  of  fit  and  faithful  agents  are  as  indispensable 
and  as  profitable  in  public,  as  in  private,  life. 

The  proprietor  of  a  large  farm,  after  many  years,  has  ac¬ 
quired  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  nature  of  the  soil,  and 
the  quality  and  quantity,  and  rotation  of  manures  and  crops 
it  will  bear  and  yield:  and  at  length  succeeded  in  getting  his 
farm  into  such  good  heart,  that,  w  ith  as  little  expense  as 
possible,  it  yields  as  much  as  it  is  capable  of  yielding.  His 
income  exceeds  his  expenditure;  his  family  increases;  he  is 
wealthy  and  prosperous.  In  this  happy  state  of  things,  c.eiv 


tain  persons  affecting  an  anxious  solicitude  for  his  welfare, 
insinuate  that  ills  superintend aiit  and  workmen  are  ignorant 
or  unfaithful  and  extravagant ;  and  do  not  manage  the  farm 
as  it  ought  to  be  managed;  and  they  recommend  anew  super¬ 
intend  ant  and  workmen. 

The  proprietor,  acquainted  with  the  character  of  the  per¬ 
son  recommended  replies: — “The  person  you  recommend  has 
shewn  much  zeal  in  the  service  of  his  employers  and  may  be 
very  useful;  but  not  as  a  farmer.  I  know  Ik  is  a  most  excel¬ 
lent  captain  of  a  ship.  If  I  wanted  y  I  would  willing¬ 

ly  take  him.  But  he  is  no  farmer,  aVaM  am  satisfied  with 
those  l  have.  They  know  their  dutv  and  work  very  well. 
If  I  were  to  put  my  affairs  into  the  hands  of  him  you  recom¬ 
mend  they  would  go  to  ruin,  my  land  would  be  removed  and 
my  children  despoiled  of  their  inheritance.  I  am  content 
.  and  grateful  for  the  blessings  I  enjoy  and  do  not  desire  any 
change?” 

Is  not  this  fellow-citizens  a  true  picture  of  the  present  con¬ 
dition  of  the  United  States?  If  the  owner  of  the  farm  was 
wise  in  retaining  his  old  and  well-tried  servants  and  in 
working  his  grounds  in  the  manner  in  which  lie  had  got  rich 
by  working  them,  would  it  be  wise  in  the  people,  the  proprie¬ 
tors  of  the  soil,  of  the  United  States,  to  remove  long-tried  and 
competent  public  servants,  to  put,  they  know  not  whom,  in 
their  places  ;  and  at  the  head  of  the  Government,  a  military 
officer,  who  has  not  only  never  shewn  any  talent  for  civil 
employment  but  who  has  actually,  from  a  sense  of  his  own 
unfitness,  resigned  every  civil  station  he  ever  held. 

This  we  shall  he  told,  and  you  will  he  told,  is  but  a  sim¬ 
ple  tale,  and  told  in  humble  language;  but  is  it  not  the  truth, 
told  in  a  language  which  we  all  understand.  We  are  plain 
men  and  so  are  the  people  whom  we  address.  AH  we  hope, 
or  expect,  is,  to  have  men  at  the  head  of  the  Government  who 
are  honest  and  capable,  and  faithful  to  the  constitution.  Men 
who  will  pursue  that  course  of  pokey  which  has,  to  use 
the  language  of  Governor  Shulzc  caused  “plenty  to  How  in 
upon  us  through  every  channel  and  a  multiplication  of  the 
good  things  of  this  world  every  where  to  be  found  throughout 
Pennsylvania.”  This  is  what  we  desire,  this  is  what  we  are 
solicitous  to  preserve.  Our  private  happiness,  our  state 
pride,,  our  duty  as  citizens  of  the  Union  and  as  members  of 
the  human  family  unite,  to  induce  us  not  to  endanger  a  stop¬ 
page  of  the  streams  which  iloat  wealth  in  upon  us — not  to 
hazard  our  precious  political  constitutions  and  thus,  again 
to  use  the  language  of  Governor  Shulzc,  to  “shake  the  con¬ 
fidence  of  mankind  in  the  competency  of  man  for  self  govern¬ 
ment.” 


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There  are  those  who  confidently  calculate  on  the  vote  of 
Pennsylvania  for  General  Jackson,  in  1828,  because  he  ob¬ 
tained  it  in  1824.  This  is  a  fallacious  calculation.  It  is 
founded  on  treacherous  and  deceptive  logic,  and  leads  to  false 
conclusions.  In  this  convention  are  representatives  from 
nearly  all  the  counties  in  the  state. 

We  have  carefully  compared  our  information  as  to  the  state 
of  public  opinion,  and  find  it  very  different,  indeed,  from 
what  it  was  four  years  ago.  How  could  it  be  otherwise? 
Since  that  period  circumstances  have  greatly  changed,  and 
so  have  opinions.  A  flood  of  light  has  been  poured  on  the 
characters  of  the  candidates.  The  dense  prejudices  which 
then  overshadowed  the  name  and  the  principles  of  Mr. 
Adams,  have  been  greatly  dissipated.  The  men  whom  he  se¬ 
lected,  as  his  cabinet  counsellors,  were  well  calculated  to 
inspire  lofty  hopes,  and  every  hope,  that  had  birth  from  their 
selection,  has  been  fully  realized.  He  has  w  alked  in  the 
path  which  has  been  trodden  by  his  predecessors,  and  the 
consequence  lias  been  the  promotion  of  the  general  weal ; 
the  security  of  personal  rights  and  the  prosperity  of  the 
Union.  “  There  is  no  good,”  says  Gov.  Shulze,  66  which 
Government  can  bestow,  that  we  have  not  derived  from  it. 
There  is  scarcely  an  evil,  which  a  watchful  Government  can 
avert,  w  hich  w  e  have  not  escaped.”  Can  any  thing  be  more 
reasonable  than  that  prejudices  should  be  dissipated,  &  that 
attachment  should  grow  up,  for  an  administration  which  has 
proved  itself  thus  deserving. 

On  the  other  hand,  time  has  been  shedding  light  on  the  cha¬ 
racter  A  conduct,  temperament  &  state  of  know  ledge  of  Gen. 
Jackson  ;  &  it  has  brought  out,  in  full  relief,  deformities  of  the 
most  painful  kind,  and  disqualifying  facts  to  an  extent  not 
apprehended.  In  1824  the  people  of  Pennsylvania  knew  lit¬ 
tle  of  General  Jackson,  but  that  he  had  commanded  at  New 
Orleans,  and  that  the  troops  under  him  had  gained  a  glorious 
victory.  Now,  his  whole  life  is  before  them,  and  while  they 
find  in  it  much  to  turn  from,  much  to  condemn,  and  much  to 
grieve  over,  they  find  but  little  with  which  to  shadow  the 
enormities  with  which  it  abounds.  We  have  no  pleasure  in 
reverting  to  these  disclosures.  We  expose  them  not  to  pain 
him,  but  to  warn  others.  If  we  use  a  probe  it  is  used  with  as 
much  tenderness  as  is  compatible  w  ith  a  cure.  If  thy  right 
eye  offend  thee,  pluck  it  out.  If  thy  right  hand  offend  thee, 
cut  it  off  and  cast  it  from  thee.  It  is  better,  it  is  more  pro¬ 
fitable,  that  one  of  thy  members  should  perish  than  the  whole 

body  should  be  cast  into  the  fire.  Dear  to  us  as  are  the  tri- 
%> 

als  and  glories  of  New  Orleans,  and  the  fame  of  the  gallant 


15 


soldier  who  commanded — yet  it  is  better  that  he  should  be 
known  as  he  is,  and  his  qualifications  justly  estimated  than 
that  he  should  be  elevated  to  a  station  for  which  he  is  unfit, 
and  that  like  another  ambitious  Phaeton,  he  should  be  permit¬ 
ted  to  seize  reins  he  could  not  hold,  and  set  fire  to,  and  con¬ 
sume,  our  justly  renowned,  and  most  precious  institutions  of 
Government.  The  people  of  Pennsylvania  now  know  Gen. 
Jackson  as  he  is ;  they  are  grateful  for  his  services,  but  will 
not  therefore  lay  their  liberties,  their  rights,  or  their  happi¬ 
ness,  at  his  feet.  They  will  put  nothing  to  hazard  ;  they 
will  hold  fast  to  that  which  they  know  to  be  good,  and  there¬ 
fore  will  vote  for  that  electoral  ticket,  the  success  of  which 
will  ensure  to  them  the  same  wise  counsels,  the  same  judi¬ 
cious  course  of  policy  and  the  same  spirit  of  economy  which 
at  present  presides  over  the  destinies  of  our  happy  country. 

With  sentiments  of  respect,  we  are  your  friends  and  fellow- 
citizens. 


City  of  Philadelphia. 
Samuel  Wetherill, 

John  Jennings, 

Wm.  E.  Lehman, 

Clement  C.  Biddle, 

John  Binns, 

Thomas  Harper, 

Wm.  Bethel  1, 

Josiah  Randall. 

County  of  Philadelphia . 
John  A.  Elkinton, 

James  M.  Hart, 

Rowland  Evans, 

Isaac  Koons, 

John  Johnson, 

Jacob  F.  Hoeckley, 

Charles  Levering, 

Robert  Kennedy, 

Joseph  B.  Norbury. 

Bucks. 

John  Houpt, 

Eli  Kitchen, 

John  Robbarts, 

Wm.  Shippen. 

Chester. 

Wm.  Williamson, 

W  in.  Harris, 

James  Parks, 

John  Kennedy. 


Lancaster. 
Henry  Haines,  jr. 

John  Mathiot, 

John  Hoover, 

George  Hoffman, 

John  Ramsay, 

Samuel  Houston, 

George  Heckert, 

W  m.  Noble. 

York. 

James  S.  Mitchell, 

David  Shulze. 

Wm.  Cowan, 

Wm.  M’ilvain, 

Jacob  Emmett. 

Cumberland. 
Lewis  Zearing, 

George  Metzger, 

Samuel  Alexander. 

Perry. 

Peter  Ritner. 

Berks  $  Schuylkill. 
George  Schall, 

James  Everhart, 

JD.  F.  Gordon, 

Thomas  S.  Ridgvvay. 

No  rt  humberland. 
Charles  Gale, 

Martin  Weaver. 


Northampton ,  Wayne  4*  Pik 
John  Carey, 

Arl am  Keller, 

Thomas  Cowley. 

Union. 

George  A.  Snyder, 

Samuel  Miller. 

Columbia. 

John  Murray, 

Russel  Park, 

A.  B.  Wilson. 

Washington. 

Thomas  McCall, 

Joshua  Dickerson. 

Jona.  Knight, 

John  Uhrie, 

Robert  Colmery. 

Westmoreland. 

Joseph  H.  Kuhns, 

Judah  Case. 

Fayette. 

Henry  Heaton, 

Amos  Cooper, 

Cuthbert  Wiggins. 

Bedford. 

George  Denny, 

George  R.  H.  Davis, 

Edward  McGraw. 

Franklin. 

Archibald  Bard, 

George  Chambers, 

Francis  Herron, 

James  Burns. 

Montgomery. 
Matthew  Roberts, 

John  G.  Watmough, 

Jacob  Dewees. 

Benjamin  Re  iff’, 

Wm.  Yocum. 

Dauphin. 

John  S.  Wiestling, 

'Wm.  Simon  ton. 

Lebanon . 

Peter  Lineweaver, 

John  Harper, 

John  Bickel,  jr. 


e.  Luzerne  Susquehanna , 
George  Dennison, 

George  M.  Hollenback, 

Isaac  Post. 

Huntingdon. 
Alexander  Dy satt, 

William  Spear. 

Beaver. 

John  Clarke. 

Allegheny  and  Butler 
Wm.  McCandless, 

Thomas  Gibson, 

Samuel  Gorinley, 

Charles  H.  Israel, 

Alexander  Johnson. 

Moses  Sullivan. 

Mifflin. 

Wm.  Swanzey, 

Stewart  Turbett, 

James  McDowell. 

Delaware. 

Edward  Darlington, 

Thomas  Serrill. 

Lycoming ,  Potter  and  McKean. 
Thomas  Wood, 

James  Nichols. 

Tioga. 

Francis  Hill. 

Adams. 

John  S.  Crawford, 

John  Cline, 

John  Hersh. 

Centre  and  Clearfield, 
Thomas  Burnside, 

James  Duncan, 

C.  Keller. 

Craufonl  and  Mercer 
John  Leech. 

Erie. 

Stephen  Woolverton, 

Warren. 

William  A.  Irvine. 


17 


Mr.  Biddle,  of  Philadelphia  moved  that  ten  thousand  copies  of 
the  address  and  resolutions,  just  adopted,  and  the  other  proceed¬ 
ings  of  this  convention,  be  published  in  pamphlet  form,  in  German 
and  English.  Adopted. 

Convention  adjourned  to  meet  at  9  A.  M.  January  5. 

January  5,  Convention  met  9,  A.  M. 

The  President  and  Vice  Presidents  having  taken  their  seats,  and 
the  Delegates  having  been  called  over  by  the  Secretaries  ;  the  mem¬ 
bers  from  each  congressional  district,  made  report  and  the  follow¬ 
ing  Electoral  Ticket  was  unanimously  agreed  upon. 

Electors  for  President  and  Vice  President . 

Gabriel  Hiester,  of  Dauphin  county. 

John  Reed,  of  Washington  county. 

ljf  Dictrict — Charles  Penrose,  county  of  Philadelphia. 

2nd  District — Samuel  Wetherill,  city  of  Philadelphia. 

Srd  District — Guy  Bryan,  county  of  Philadelphia. 

4th  District — Samuel  Dale,  Lancaster  county — David  Town¬ 
send,  Chester  county,  and  Pierce  Crossby,  of  Del¬ 
aware  county. 

5th  District — Philip  Reed,  of  Montgomery  county. 

6th  District — Jacob  Goodhart,  of  Lebanon  county. 

7tli  District— George  Schall,  of  Berks  county,  and  George 
Raush,  of  Schuylkill  county. 

8 th  District — William  Watts,  of  Bucks  county,  and  George 
Weber,  of  Northampton  county. 

9th  District — George  Dennison,  of  Luzerne,  Daniel  Montgom- 
ery,  of  Columbia,  William  Wilson,  of  Lycoming. 

10 th  District — James  S.  Mitchel,  of  York  county. 

11  th  District — John  Reed,  of  Cumberland,  John  Hershberger,  of 
Franklin  county. 

12th  District — Conrad  Bucher  of  Huntingdon  county. 

13 th  District — Henry  Black,  of  Somerset  county. 

14 th  Dictrict — Jeremiah  Kendall,  of  Fayette  county. 

15th  District — Thomas  McCall,  of  Washington  county7. 

1 6th  District — Francis  McClure,  of  Allegheny  county,  &  Jacob 
Mechling,  of  Butler  county. 

1 7th  District — John  Lobingier,  of  Westmoreland  county. 

18 th  District — John  Leech,  of  Mercer  countv. 

Mr.  W  iggins  of  Fayette,  submitted  to  the  consideration  of  the 
convention  the  following  resolution,  which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Jtesolved ,  That  our  distinguished  fellow- citizen,  RICHARD 
RUSH,  of  Pennsylvania,  now  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  of  the 
United  States,  be,  and  he  hereby  is,  recommended  to  the  citizens  of 
the  United  States  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  Vice  President. — 
The  various  and  important  stations  which  he  has  ably  and  honour¬ 
ably  filled  ;  the  sound  principles  he  has  on  all  occasions,  and  in 
all  stations,  displayed  ;  the  singular  and  distinguished  ability  with 
which  he  has  advocated  “the  American  System,”  and  the  watch¬ 
ful  care,  as  well  as  enlightened  skill,  with  which  he  has  presided 
over  the  Treasury  Department,  are  the  best  pledges  which  can  be 
given  to  the  American  people,  that  he  will,  in  every  station,  sedu  ¬ 
lously  devote  his  time  and  his  talents  to  promote  the  prosperity  and 
happiness  of  his  country. 

Mr.  Metzkerof  Cumberland,  moved,  and  the  Convention  adopt¬ 
ed,  ffie  following  resolution. 


Resolved,  That  in  the  event  of  any  vacancy,  by  death  or  other- 
wise,  of  any  Candidate  nominated  by  this  Convention,  that  the 
came  be  supplied  by  the  Delegates  representing  the  congressional 
district  in  which  said  vacancy  may  happen. 

Mr.  Chambers  of  Franklin,  offered  the  following  resolution, 
which  was  unanimously  adopted. 

Resolved ,  That  the  thanks  of  this  Convention  be  presented  to  the 
Commissioners  and  Citizens  of  Dauphin  county,  for  the  use  of  the 
Court-house,  and  for  their  civilities  and  attention  to  the  accommo¬ 
dation  of  the  members  of  the  Convention. 

Resolved ,  That  the  proceedings  of  this  meeting,  signed  by  the 
Officers  of  the  Convention,  be  published  in  all  the  newspapers  in 
the  Commonwealth. 

THOMAS  BURNSIDE,  President . 

Samuel  Wetherill, 

Archibald  Bard,  Vice  Presidents . 

Charles  H.  Israel, 

David  Shulze,  Secretaries. 

COMMITTEES  OF  CORRESPONDENCE. 

For  the  County  of  Philadelphia. 

Caleb  Churchman,  Di.  Isaac  Anderson,  Wm.  E.  Lehman,  John 
Johnson,  Ilenrv  English,  Esq.  Strahan. 

For  the  City  of  Philadelphia . 

John  Sergeant,  Peter  S.  Duponceau,  John  Jennnings,  Josiah  Ran¬ 
dall,  John  Binns,  J.  Hare  Powel,  Clement  C.  Biddle  Jos  Reed, 
Thomas  S.  Whatson,  Peter  A.  Browne,  Samuel  Badger,  Jame6 
Harper,  Richard  Povall. 

For  Berks  county. 

Daniel  Rhoads,  Adolph  Hatfield,  John  Beiteman,  David  Finger, 
David  Schall,  Elijah  Deckert,  Samuel  Baird,  William  Darling, 
Joseph  Kendall,  John  Small,  Thomas  O’Brien,  Jacob  German, 
John  F.  Smith,  John  F.  Smith,  Jun.  David  F.  Gordon,  Samuel  My¬ 
ers,  Isaac  P.  Swan,  George  Oyster. 

For  Schuylkill  county. 

Daniel  Yost,  George  Medler,  Lewis  Audenried  Samuel  Brook, 
Christian  Haldeman,  George  Shoemaker,  Joseph  Morgan. 

4th  district ,  composed  of  the  counties  of  Lancaster ,  Chester  and 

Delaware . 

Lancaster — John  Mathiot,  Wm.  Noble.  Richard  E.  Cochran. 

Chester — Wm.  Darlington,  David  Dickey,  William  Harris. 

Delaware — Daniel  Abraham,  Edward  Siter,  George  Serrill,  Ed 
ward  Darlington. 

For  Luzerne  county. 

David  Scott,  George  Lazarus,  William  S.  Ross.  Sharp  D.  Lewis’ 

Jor  York  county , 

Matthew  Clark,  Ilenry  C.  Wampler,  John  Gardner,  W.  Smith, 
Charles  M.  Poor,  Frederick  Eichelberger,  John  Wiest,  Jacob 
Kauffelt- 

For  Mercer  county. 

J.  Banks,  S.  B.  Foster,  II.  Black,  James  George,  John  Emery, 
G.  Pearson,  Thomas  Allison,  J.  Mitcheltree,  J.  Hamill,  William 
Leech,  George  Sheakley,  George  Shaw. 


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fyPKean. — D-  E.  Scull,  Benjamin  Colegrore,  Solomon  Sartwell* 

Potter  county. — James  Rose,  John  Taggart,  Capt.  Ross. 

For  Fayette. 

Robert  Skiles,  Richard  Patton,  Andrew  Dempsy*  John  M.  Aus¬ 
tin,  George  Dearth,  Martin  Tiernan,  David  Porter,  Jeremiah  Ken¬ 
dall, jr.J.  Dawson,  G,  D.  Stevenson,  Samuel  Trevor,  Isreal  Miller,. 

For  Adams  county. 

John  Kline,  James  Renshaw,  Andrew  Marshall,  Samuel  Diehl, 
Dietrich  Pfeifer,  John  Aulabaugh. 

For  Cumberland. 

James  Hamilton,  Jacob  Squire,  David  S.  Forney,  David  Neven, 
Jacob  Mull,  \lexander  Glenn,  James  H.  Divon,  William  Craig¬ 
head,  J.  Daniel  Rupp,  Matthias  Sweiler. 

Far  Perry. 

J.  Boden,  James  Terry,  Charles  B.  Powell,  Jacob  Shoof,  J.  Ulsh. 

For  Franklin. 

Philip  Berlin,  Thomas  G.  M’Culloh,  William  Heysen,  Bernhart 
Wolf,  John  Findley,  jr.  John  1>.  Wort,  Gesore,  Thomas  Carson, 
Archibald  V.  M’Cune,  William  M’Clelland,  Andrew  Thompson. 

For  Butler. 

Ceristian  Ruhl,  Abraham  Ziegler,  John  Welsh,  John  Reynolds, 
Francis  M’Bride,  William  Stewart. 

For  Clearfield. 

Greenwood  Bell,  Joseph  Turner,  Lewis  Iddings,  R.  Winslow 

For  Dauphin.  * 

Valentine  Hummel,  Luther  Reily,  John  S,  Wiestling,  William 
Ayres,  David  Krause,  R.  T.  Leech. 

For  Beaver. 

Thomas  Henry,  Robert  Moon,  Robert  Darragh,  Sylvester  Dun¬ 
can,  John  Clarke.  For  Crawford . 

James  Cochran,  William  Magaw,  John  Dick,  Robert  L,  Potter, 
David  Derickson,  John  Lerephen,  John  Patterson,  Thomas  Atkin¬ 
son,  John  Riddle.  For  Erie. 

William  Kelley,  William  Benson,  Rufus  S.  Reed,  Thomas  Fors¬ 
ter,  jr,  Samuel  Hutchins,  Elijah  Babbett. 

For  Westmoreland. 

James  W.  Jones,  Thomas  Johnston,  Alien  Foster,  John  Nichols 
For  Armstrong  Samuel  Houston. 

For  Washington. 

4  Thomas  H.  Baird,  Walter  Craig,  James  Miller,  William 
Berry,  Joseph  Henderson,  William  Sample,  William  Welsh, 
John  Myers,  James  Kendall,  Robert  Patterson,  John  McCoy,  John 
Irons,  John  Boyd. 

f  For  Mifflin. 

Win.  M.  Hall,  Tobias  Kreider,  Samuel  MacJay,  William  Turner, 
Le  wis  Evans,  Wm.  Shannon,  James  Chrisewell. 

Centre. 

John  Rankin,  Hamilton  Humes,  Peter  Spangler,  Mathew  Allison 
Joseph  B.  Shugart,  David  Allen,  John  M,  Bueck. 

For  Warren  county. 

Joseph  Hackney,  R  Falconer,  A.  Tanner,  L.  Wetmore,  J  Jones* 
II  Dunn,  J.  AJ.  Berry. 


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For  Huntingdon  county 

William  Steel.  1).  R-  Porter,  Maxwell  Kinkead,  Michael  Wal¬ 
lace,  William  Berry,  James  Oliver. 

For  Montgomery  county * 

Jonathan  Roberts,  John  Friedly,  Philip  Kendall,  William  M- 
White,  J.  J.  Robinson,  Joseph  Royer.  Dr.  John  Jones.  John  Kenne¬ 
dy,  George  Van  Buskirk,  Peter  Miller,  Jacob  Latch,  George 

Johnson,  Thomas  Lowrv. 

For  Columbia  county. 

James  Donaldson',  Robert  M’Curdy,  William  H.  M’Gill,  E- 

Daniels,  Andrew  McReynolds,  Adam  Mensh. 

For  Northumberland* 

Elisha  Kline,  Bethel  Vincent,  William  Tweed,  James  P-  San¬ 
derson.  E.  G.  Bradford,  Hugh  Bellas.  Samuel  J.  Packer,  Joseph 
y»  ■pr-.f'Mlv.  ForCnl  /i.  .  y 

Philip  F.  Dering,  Andrew  M‘C!ena'ian»  Frederic  » 

Joseph  R.  Lotz,  George  A.  Snyder,  Samuel  Miller,  John  Glover. 
For  Bedford ,  Somerset  and  Cambria  counties . 

Francis  Kendall,  David  Rowland,  Jas.  S.  Morrison,  Samuel  G. 
Bmiey,  George  Foy,  George  McKee,  Charles  Aukain,  J.  Ivory. 

For  Lebanon  county 

Geor-e  W.  Kline,  N.  H.  Goring.  Thomas  Harper,  George  Reid- 
enaur,  Jacob  Ka-ch,  Martin  Meiley  Jacob  Wise,  James  Bell,  Peter 
Shulze,  Gotlieb  Kintzel,  Daniel  Stroh,  Stephen  Rigler,  Andrew 
Ki  l  linger.  County  of  Philadelphia  3 d  district. 

Horatio  G.  Jones,  William  M.  Kennedy,  James  M.  Hart,  Jacob 
Coats,  Daniel  W'oepper,  Lawrence  Shuster,  Joseph  B.  Norbury. 

•  For  Susquehanna  ,  .  . 

Samuel  Gregory,  Isaac  Post.  T-  W.  Raynsford,  Ihos.  Christian; 

For  Lycoming  county. 

"Wm  P-  Montgomery,  Mathew  MrRevnolds,  Tunison  Corj'eil, 
Samuel  Shoemaker,  George  Pakin,  Wm-  Chambeiiain,  Henry  Ee¬ 
ro  Vd.  Tioga  county. 

Chauncy  Alford,  Peter  K.  Adams,  Elijah  Fuller. 

Lehigh  county . 

Peter  Kneppley,  Christian  S  Beitel,  Charles  Davis,  Samuel 

RuDk,  John  Ealer,  Peter  Cooper,  Jacob  Romig. 

Allegheny- 

Charier  SKuei,  John  S  Biddl?,  Thomas  Enochs,  James  Ililands, 

M  M  Murry,  W.  W.  Fetterman. 

For  Northampton • 

James  M.  Porter,  Samuel  Rees,  Jacob  Dietterich,  Robert  He  - 
ncr,  George  Henry  Gundt. 

For  Pike.  f  * 

Richard  Brodhead,  Moses  Kellum,  Mascn  Dimmick,  Lev;.* 
Rockwell,  Samnel  Darling,  Samuel  S.  Thrall. 

For  Bucks. 

Anthony  Taylor,  Thomas  G.  Kennedy,  James  Wilson,  Enos 
Morris.  *  Tor  Armstrong. 

Philip  Mechling,  Samuel  Mathews,  Samuel  Houston,  George 

Means,  Thos.  Blair. 


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